HiFier Major Update: All-New Video Experience • All-New Video UI 1. Rebuilt and optimized the app architecture to ensure smooth screen rotation during video playback. 2. Brand-new video UI interactions with gesture support for brightness control, forward/backward seeking, playback speed adjustment, and screen fill modes. 3. The file browser now uses different icons to distinguish music and video files clearly. 4. Added an option to control whether videos continue playing in the background. • Upgraded Playback Engine with Enhanced HDR Support 1. Upgraded FFmpeg to support a wide range of Dolby Vision video formats fully. 2. Fixed color space issues that caused color shifts when playing HDR videos. 3. When playing HDR content, the app now requests higher screen brightness for the video area to better display details. 4. Optimized video rendering logic to ensure smoother performance during screen rotation. 5. Fixed audio-video synchronization issues that could occur when connecting Bluetooth devices. • Other Improvements 1. Playlists now support an option to hide embedded file metadata to prevent unwanted or advertising-style metadata from affecting the experience. 2. Overall code optimizations to improve performance and responsiveness. 3. Updated several icons. • Bug Fixes 1. Fixed an issue where the default cover art was not displayed in playlists when using CarPlay. 2. Fixed the search function not working on the “Add to Playlist” screen.

1. Fixed may not be able to play next or previous on the CarPlay screen. 2. Fixed may crash when starting the app after connecting to CarPlay.

Fixed the crash when starting from CarPlay.

Improvement: When displaying the playlist, automatically scroll to and highlight the last played track, allowing playback to resume from history instead of using a separate “Resume from History” button.

New Features 1. Supports matching and displaying local lyric files. 2. Added the ability to edit song metadata. 3. Playlists now support multi-select downloads. 4. Added landscape fullscreen video playback on mobile. Improvements 1. Fixed audio and video desynchronization during video playback. 2. Added a translucent background to the control bar in full-screen video mode. Bug Fixes 1. Fixed an issue on iPad where minimizing the window could cause the video to appear in the mini player bar. 2. Fixed an issue on iPad where resizing the window could cause the player’s cover image to display incorrectly. 3. Fixed an issue where renamed media server names were not displayed when pressing them on the Home tab. 4. Fixed a potential crash related to Google Ads.

Fix the usedata may be cleaned in the previous version.

Refactoring: This version rewrites the metadata storage and display logic. All metadata is now stored in a local database. 1. The amount of metadata is no longer limited, enabling faster loading of existing data. 2. Resolved issues where metadata from multiple sources could not be updated correctly in some cases, such as song recognition metadata failing to overwrite embedded file metadata. 3. Theoretically improves app launch speed. 4. Fixed cases where the album cover and background color on the player screen did not match. Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed an issue where songs downloaded from an Emby server always displayed the file extension as “mp3”. 2. Fixed several issues that occurred when playing CUE files. 3. Fixed an issue where CarPlay could not play from the recent history list under certain conditions. 4. Fixed an issue where the PATH field was not displayed in the WebDAV input screen. Optimizations: 1. When displaying lyrics, blank lines are now ignored, and all previously sung lyrics are displayed in a single color. 2. Progress bar time now uses a monospaced font to avoid jitter. 3. Various minor UI improvements.

Bug Fixes: 1. Restored ad services. 2. Fixed an issue where cached album covers might not display after app updates. 3. Fixed UI stuttering when switching audio output modes. Improvements: 1. The app no longer ducks the volume of other apps when mixing audio output. 2. Pausing playback now allows other apps to continue playing audio. 3. Optimized preloading logic to reduce CPU usage. 4. Stopped media server scanning when the app is in the background to reduce power consumption. 5. Added logic to automatically release the player after being paused for an extended period, further reducing power consumption.

Bug Fixes: • Fixed an issue where Synology QuickConnect selected the wrong login API, which could cause login failures when using a QuickConnect ID. Other: • For user privacy and security reasons, the AppLovin advertising SDK has been completely removed. Ad services in the corresponding regions will be temporarily unavailable.

New Features: Support for connecting to SoundCloud, allowing you to search and play songs. Improvements: 1. Cached the player screen to make the full-screen player pop up more smoothly. 2. Optimized full-screen playback gesture handling to reduce accidental song switches when swiping down the player. 3. Minor UI enhancements.

1. Fix Audio Station can't connect by QuickConnect ID. 2. Hide the files whose names start with ._ on the Samba server.

1. Fixed an issue where empty folders could not be deleted. 2. Fixed an issue where CUE file parsing failed and album covers could not be fetched online due to the previous update. 3. Fixed an issue where track durations were displayed incorrectly when showing CUE-based playlists. 4. Compatible with the new version of the EMBY cover API, fixing incorrect album cover display in EMBY. 5. Removed the promo code entry.

New Features: •Added optimizations for audiobook playback, including support for playback speed control and listening history. Bug Fixes: 1. Fixed WMAv1 decoding failure. 2. Fixed an issue where playback progress reporting could be inaccurate. 3. Fixed an MD5 algorithm error that caused some playlists to display incorrectly. 4. Fixed a video playback issue where the image could jitter vertically. 5. Fixed an issue preventing cloud drive connection when using CarPlay. Other Improvements: 1. Added an online help link. 2. Updated the Privacy Policy to a new online version. 3. The player interface on the phone now automatically hides when connected to CarPlay to prevent potential issues.

Fixes 1. Fixed inaccurate progress bar display (patched a third-party library bug, already submitted to GitHub). 2. Fixed the issue where unlocking the device after lock screen playback would return to the previous track. 3. Fixed the incorrect background colour when the media server shows an empty list. 4. Fixed a crash when displaying the artist list on some older Subsonic servers. 5. Fixed the incorrect UA setting when downloading from Baidu Netdisk. 6. Fixed login failure issue with Jellyfin servers on iOS versions below 16. 7. Fixed DSD256 being forced to DoP output, causing external DAC playback issues. 8. Fixed unclear images displayed from Jellyfin servers. 9. Fixed the issue where the first page of the media server might always show default covers. 10. Fixed the issue where the app could not open after a restart on some devices with a cloud drive added. New Features 1. Added support for Synology Audio Station connection. 2. Added support for pCloud. 3. Added toggle to enable/disable fetching album covers online. 4. Added badge indicator to the download icon when new items are downloaded. 5. Adapted for iPadOS 16 multi-window features, automatically switching the navigation bar to the bottom. 6. Enabled and optimized for iOS 16 system effects. 7. Support subscripts and Ads. Optimizations 1. Added more comfortable lyric background colors. 2. Media server page now automatically hides/shows navigation bar and mini player while scrolling. 3. Made the progress bar thicker with real-time updates while dragging, improving user experience. 4. Improved layout of the Settings page. 5. Optimized rotating cover display in the player to reduce unnecessary updates. 6. Player now shows the original 1-bit sample rate for DSD files. 7. Improved playlist display in the player, allowing full view without pulling all the way up. 8. Optimized memory usage by displaying images in different resolutions depending on the layout.

New Features: 1. FileBrowser supports selecting multiple items to download, add to a playlist, etc. 2. Downloading screen supports pause. 3. Supports random playlist in the media server screen. 4. Supports renaming the saved servers you input. Improvements: 1. Add a background to the tab bar to improve visibility. 2. Make the background of the mini player blur. 3. Add a toast for audio recognition. 4. Change the navigation component on iPad to enable back to top when tapping on. 5. Change the loading icon for the player. 6. Improve the ordering of Chinese.

Fixed can't log in to 115 NetDisk.

Fixed the issue where the video can't be displayed in full screen after the iPad orientation is changed or the window size is changed on desktop devices.

In this version, we updated the application framework to improve performance and support more features. • New features 1. Support for CarPlay. 2. Support for Music Recognition. 3. Support for Baidu NetDisk. • Improvements 1. Enhanced the logic of the scrobble report for Navidrome servers. 2. The HTTP server Host now supports the entire URL. 3. Fixed an issue where the cover image was hidden after rotating the screen on iPad.

Bug Fix: 1. The player may skip to the next song but hasn't yet completed the current one. 2. Fix some buttons that can't be pressed on iPhone X.

New Features 1. Preload the next song to speed up playback start time and improve the loading speed of cover art and lyrics. 2. Playlist now supports drag-and-drop to rearrange the order. 3. Swipe left or right on the cover art to switch to the previous or next song. Performance Improvements 1. Improved page rendering speed by using a new image component and optimized image preloading logic. Bug Fixes 1. Fixed an issue where the playlist page did not update after deleting a song. 2. Fixed a minor cover art shift issue on the player screen that could occur when switching between Chinese and English languages.

This version adds iPad support: 1. Supports both landscape and portrait orientation. 2. Video playback optimized: full-screen video is supported, and the mini player can display videos. 3. It can run on compatible Mac devices; local videos and audio files can be selected using the file picker on Mac. New features: 1. Restored lyrics display on external screens using a new solution. 2. Added support for AIFF audio playback. Device compatibility: 1. Fixed a file browser freeze issue on iOS 26. 2. Adapted display layouts for iPhone 8 series and earlier devices. 3. Fixed a potential file browser jitter issue on certain devices. Other: Minor UI improvements, including progress bar and player interface corner radius calculations.

This update optimizes the media server for massive data, improving availability and enhancing page display performance. Media Server Optimizations 1. Support for playing server playlists. 2. Support for browsing all albums on the server. 3. Support for displaying all albums by an artist. 4. Support for browsing album contents without direct playback. 5. Optimized layout and interaction for the homepage and search page, allowing more results to be viewed. 6. Optimized loading for servers with large-scale data, improving smoothness and reducing memory usage. 7. Optimized API call process, increasing loading speed. Performance Optimizations 1. Optimized display strategy for large playlists, improving smoothness. 2. Optimized playback progress update strategy, reducing system resource consumption. 3. Optimized lifecycle management for the player page, releasing resources after closure. 4. Optimized update strategy for background playback, reducing resource usage during app background playback. 5. Optimized CUE file parsing process in the file browser, improving response speed. Cloud Storage Optimizations 115 Cloud and Aliyun Drive now support displaying all contents in oversized folders. Other Bug Fixes 1. Fixed an issue where Cover.jpg on Samba servers might not display correctly. 2. Fixed an issue where playback cache settings would not take effect after app restart.

1. Add support for 32-bit PCM. 2. Refactor the player screen to display lyrics in a scroll-down format. 3. Add full-screen lyrics display and filter out too-short lyrics. 4. Set video background to black. 5. Bug Fixed: media server searching error.

• New feature: Supports Subconic api that can connect you to Subsonic, Navidrome and more servers. • Improvement: You can add files to your playlist or mark them as favourites directly while browsing them.

• Improved buttons near the edges are easier to press. • Sort the files from the file picker.